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SANTA CRUZ–Former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta, a longtime congressman representing the Monterey Bay Area, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at UCSC’s annual convocation for new students. The event– on Sunday, September 21–will take place from 4 to 5 P.M. in the Upper Quarry Amphitheater on the UCSC campus. The Convocation…

Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group Will Study Methods Of Cleaning And Releasing Oiled Birds SANTA CRUZ, CA–A $250,000 facility dedicated to the care and monitoring of oiled seabirds soon will arise next to the state’s Oiled Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center at the UC Santa Cruz Long Marine Laboratory, the California Department of…

A memorial service is planned for art professor Eduardo Carrillo, who died July 14. The service will take place on Sunday, September 28, at 11 a.m. in the Baskin Visual Arts Courtyard. The Art Department and the Carrillo family invite friends, students, and colleagues of Carrillo’s to join them in remembering his life and in…

TO UCSC FACULTY: Based on input from faculty, we are offering the following seminars and clinics in September to facilitate integrating technology into teaching and learning. These are offered as follow-up activities to the Spring ’97 Systemwide conference on "Teaching, Learning, and the New Technologies". CATS Instructional Computing and the Library’s Media Services are co-sponsoring…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Put on your dancing shoes, grab the kids, and head for the UC Santa Cruz Farm on Saturday, October 4, where the fourth annual Harvest Festival will get under way at 11 A.M. This year’s festival coincides with the 30th anniversary of the UCSC Farm & Garden, and organizers have pulled out all…

Ben Benumof, an earth sciences graduate student, appeared on the CBS Evening News during a report on the possible effects of El Nino along the California coast. Benumof is part of a team under geologist Gary Griggs that is studying, in fine detail, erosion rates and processes along the San Diego County and Santa Cruz…

October 6-10 is California Rideshare Week. Make a written pledge to carpool, take the bus, ride a bike, walk, or telecommute any time during Rideshare Week and you are eligible to win prizes, including trips to Hawaii and Mexico, golf/dinner/lodging at Pebble Beach, a personal computer, a mountain bike, and more. The pledge card is…

Economist Dan Friedman is the first to admit that his latest research interest has him heading upstream, but he has a sturdy paddle. A three-year $185,000 grant from the National Science Foundation assured him that the time is right for his provocative analysis of the performance of customer markets. Customer markets, which include the labor…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Fun in the sun, fascinating science, and furry seals and sea lions are among the many festive sights and sounds at one of the most popular family events in Santa Cruz: Long Marine Laboratory’s annual open house. This year’s open house, the eighteenth, runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, October…

SANTA CRUZ, CA–Geneticist Mary-Claire King, one of the country’s most prominent breast-cancer researchers, will discuss the latest research on genetic predispositions toward cancer in a public lecture next week at UC Santa Cruz. King’s talk, titled "Genetic Analysis of Breast and Ovarian Cancer," begins at 7 p.m. on Friday, September 19, at the new Music…

‘Heavy Mettle’ Is Key To Success, Says Author Of The New Book An Integrative Theory Of Leadership SANTA CRUZ, CA–The most powerful forces shaping a leader’s success are his or her self-confidence and the degree of trust a group has in its leader. In fact, says organizational management expert Martin Chemers, those qualities play as…

: 9-15-97 TO THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY Re: Reassignment of Duties in Business and Administrative Services I would like to take this opportunity to share with you a recent reassignment of duties within Business and Administrative Services. This change has resulted from the departure of former Community and Land Development Director Michael A. Houlemard, Jr., who…